Final Jeopardy: Color Etymology (9-21-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/21/2018) in the category “Color Etymology” was:

This word for a gem & a shade of blue derives from the name of a Eurasian country from which gems came to W. Europe

7x champ Kyle Jones, a music teacher from Aurora, CO, is up to $145,403 in winnings now. In Game 8 and the last game of the week, he is up against: Rob Salerno, a writer & actor from Los Angeles, CA; and Dino Alexander, a medical lab scientist from Fayetteville, NC.

Round 1 Categories: Hot, Cold or in Between – Terms in History – Help Me With the Title – Chris P. – Outside – Tender Inside

Kyle found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Terms in History” under the $1,000 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $1,000. Rob had not buzzed in yet and Dino was in the red for $200. Kyle went with a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.

This adjective meaning “Germanic” is the name of a medieval order of knights founded by Germans in the Holy Land. show

WHAT IS TEUTONIC?

Kyle finished in the lead with $4,200. Rob was second with $3,400 and Dino was last with $3,200.

Round 2 Categories: It’s a Biblical Thing – Countries With Fewer Than 1 Million People – Lines From the TV Comedy – One Giant Leap – Senators in the 115th Congress – Alternatives to Coachella?

Rob got the first Daily Double in “Countries” under the $2,000 clue on the 7th pick. He was in the lead with $7,000 now, $3,600 more than Kyle in second place. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

This European country has about 33,000 people; the country that completely surrounds it has about 60 million. show

WHAT IS SAN MARINO?

Rob found the last Daily Double in “It’s a Biblical Thing” under the $1,600 clue on the 14th pick. In the lead with $13,200, he had $8,200 more than Kyle in second place. He bet $3,500 and he was RIGHT.

In 1 Samuel David pulls 5 of these from a brook: they will come in handy. show

WHAT ARE STONES?

Rob finished with an unbeatable $24,300. Kyle was next with $10,600 and Dino was in third place with $7,600.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right (and they all had different responses!)

WHAT IS TURQUOISE?

Mindat.org says turquoise was “named from French “turques” or “turquois” meaning “Turkish” the original material found on the south slopes of the Al-Mirsah-Kuh Mountains (Iran), but which found its way to Europe via Turkey. The name was known at least as early as the 17th century C.E. Turquoise and members of its group were redefined by Foord and Taggert in 1998, with turquoise reserved for an end-member composition. Foord and Taggert (1998) also noted that most of the gem material labeled “turquoise” is inhomogeneous and that planerite is the most common constituent in commercial “turquoise”.

This related 1987 clue was a triple stumper, too: GEMS $500: The French called it the “Turkish stone”, but the finest comes from Nishapur, Iran

Dino had topaz. He lost his $3,001 bet and finished with $4,599.

Kyle came up with azure. That cost him $5,000, leaving him with $5,600.

Rob crossed out sapphire and was going for Prussian when time ran out. He lost $2,200 so he ended up with $22,100. Rob Salerno is the new Jeopardy! champ. Take a look at the Jeopardy! post he put on his website, TheRobSalerno.com. It’s funny!

A triple stumper from each round:

HELP ME WITH THE TITLE ($800) William S. Burroughs got this title from Jack Kerouac

ALTERNATIVES TO COACHELLA? ($1600) This word precedes “leopard dog” in the name of the official pooch of Louisiana

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “African Geography”

The Zambezi River reaches the ocean in this country that lends its name to the body of water where it happens. show

WHAT IS MOZAMBIQUE?

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